Sirdar's

"Well, then, we must accept the Sirdar's proposals."

Flashman Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1969

Lord Lytton, however, was very sanguine about Abdur Rahman, and he warned Mr. Griffin, before he started for Kabul, that the Sirdar's letter to Ayub Khan indicated possibilities that might have the most important bearing on the solution of the difficult problem to be dealt with in northern Afghanistan.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Rahman, the rumours in circulation regarding his real disposition and plans, and the general excitement throughout the country, suggested such grave doubts of the Sirdar's good faith that, in some quarters, the question was seriously discussed whether it might not be necessary to break off negotiations with him, and reinstate Yakub Khan, or else set up his brother, Ayub Khan, as Amir.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

This suggestion, which is more fully developed in the Sirdar's unwritten message, cannot be entertained or discussed.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Kabul; for this purpose he held a durbar on the 22nd July, at which the Sirdar's representatives were received.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Sirdar's authority if he is not personally present to assert it.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

I arrived in Cairo on a sweltering day in July, and found four colleagues, who had been waiting for a week the Sirdar's permission to proceed to the front, still waiting.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Various

The difficulty was to get at him, in the first instance, and, in the second, to convince him of our wish and power to help him; while a not unnatural hesitation on the Sirdar's part to enter Afghanistan without Russia's permission had to be considered.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

And the building which covers these useful implements was erected by this clever engineer in the Sirdar's service, who had utilized the rails of the old Suakim-Berber line as girders for its roof, and, in my humble opinion, this is probably the very best purpose for which they can be used.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Various

The point is one which must be left entirely to the Sirdar's own judgment and inclination.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts